Porch-swing attachment



0&(30, 1928.

C. W. LEE

PORCH SWING ATTAcmaENT Filed May 19, 1927 r 0 n 8 W I Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

UNITED STATES CHARLES WILLIAM LEE, OF ST. LOUIS, MIQSSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF JESSIE HEYING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PATENT OFFICE.

FIFTY PER CENT TO PORCH-SWING ATTACHMENT.

Application filed May 19,

My present invention has to do with swings which are suspended on porches and other supports; and it has for its object the provision of a peculiar and advantageous porch swing attachment calculated to cushion or render a porch swing springy so as to add to the comfort of the person or persons occupying the porch swing.

y invention contemplates the provision of attachments adapted to be expeditiously and easily applied to a bench body so asto convert the same into a highly desirable porch swing. 7

Other objects and practical advantages of my invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawing, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a new showing in front elevation a porch swing constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section illustrative of the manner in which the upper hooks of the springs are connected to the springs.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawing.

I show in Figures 1 and 2 a bench body having a seat 1, a back 2, and end arms 3. 1 also show in Figure 1 two of the attachments of my invention as properly connected with the bench or bench body.

My novel attachments are identical in con struction, and therefore a detailed description of the one shown in Figure 2 will suffice to impart a definite understanding of both.

The attachment alluded to is made up of a curvilinear bar 4 of strap iron with a hook 5 at its middle for the connection of a sus pending cable 6, retractile springs 7 at the ends of the bar 4, a second bar 8 of strap iron connected to the lower end of the springs 7, and links 9 pivotally connected at 10 to the strap iron 8 and having their lower ends pivotally connected preferably through the medium of hooks 11 to the end arms 3 of the bench body. The strap iron 4 is apertured at 12 for the reception of the upper hooks 13 of the springs 7. The said upper hooks 13 have threaded shanks 14 received in circumferentially grooved nuts 15, said nuts being tapered toward their upper ends, and

1927. Serial No. 192,621.

being secured of themselves in the upper end portions of the springs '7 by reason of the upper convolutions, i. e. the convolutions comprised in the upwardly tapered portions of the springs 7 being seated in the said circumferential grooves ofthe nuts 15. Mant festly, in the manner described, the hooks 13 are strongly connected to the springs 7, and the connections are of such character that the connections between the end portions of the strap iron 4 and the end portions of the strap iron 8 may be expeditiously and easily increased or diminished in length as occasion demands.

The lower ends of the springs 7 are merged into hooks 16, and these latter are arranged directly in the apertures in the strap iron 8 whereby the springs 7 and the strap iron 8 are strongly connected together of themselves and without the assistance of any extraneous elements.

Itwill be readily apparent from the fore going that my novel attachments are susceptible of ready attachment to a bench body such as shown in Figures 1 and 2, and that when applied in the. manner shown in Figures 1 and 2, my novel attachments are calculated to support the bench body in a strong, though sprmgy manner.

It will also be appreciated that my novel attachments are simple, inexpensive and durable, and that the attachments are susceptible of being plated or otherwise embellished, and when so embellished are calculated to enhance rather than detract from the finished appearance of a bench body such as illustrated.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction disclosed, my invention being defined by my appended claims within the scope of which modifications may be made without departure from my inven tion.

c Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i 1. In combination, a bench body having end arms, nooks fixed to said end arms, apertured 1111 s receiving said hooks, a lower bar pivotally connected to said links and having apertured end portions, an upper suspension bar adapted to be connected With suspending means and having apertured end portions, retractile springs interposed between the end portions of the said bars and having integral lower hoeks disposed in the apertures of the lower bar, and hook nieans adjustably connected to the upper portions of the springs and disposed in the apertures of the upper bar.

A porch swing suspending attachment comprising upright coil reti'a ctile springs with integral hooks at their lower ends, and upwardly tapered upper end portions, nuts exteriorly tapered upwardly and disposed in the said upper end portions of the springs and having in its tapered exterior, circumferential grooves receiving and seating the upper convolution of the springs, whereby the springs and nuts are connected of themselves, hooks having threaded pendant shanks disposed in and engaged With said nuts, a strap iron bar having apertured end portions receiving the integral hooks of the springs, a second strap iron bar spaced above the first named her, and having apertured end portions re ceiving the said hooks in connection with the nuts, apertured links pivotally connected to and pendant from the first nained strap iron bars, and means on the upper bar adapted for the connection of suspending means.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my gnatnre.

si CHARLES WILLIAM LEE, 

